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RAB nabs five members of a counterfeit currency cartel
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five members of a currency counterfeiting ring that was planning to release Tk 10.48 million into circulation ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Published : 28 June 2015, 09:13 AM
Updated : 28 June 2015, 09:13 AM
RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan said on Sunday that they were arrested from a house at Banasree in capital Dhaka on Saturday night.
“We’ve recovered fake notes of Tk 10.48 million (face value) and some faking instruments from the house,” he said.
He claimed one of the arrestees, Rahim Sheikh, was the cartel kingpin.
He also said the detail would be revealed in a press conference later.
On June 14, police had arrested six of a similar gang with Tk 5 million of counterfeit notes from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Police had said they were looking for gang’s six other members.
The law enforcers also asked people to be careful while shopping before the Eid.
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